A clothing-optional resort in the Santa Cruz Mountains is inviting the curious public to strip off their inhibitions -- and their clothes -- in celebration of National Nude Recreation Weekend.

For first-timers, Lupin Lodge will waive its $25 day fee for an open house today, which will feature tours and use of the 110-acre resort near Lexington Reservoir that includes a restaurant, pool, spa, sauna, hiking trails and tennis and volleyball courts. Overnight accommodations also are available, and the resort hosts clothing-optional activities from book clubs to drumming circles to a monthly ladies' luncheon.

"We offer people a chance to come and enjoy nature, unwind, relax and get to know people without any barriers," said director Lori Kay Stout.

"I've got 40 pounds to lose. I always felt I was too fat to go to a place like that," said frequent visitor Julie Scopazzi, a Santa Cruz lobbyist who first went to the 70-year-old resort for her 40th birthday four years ago. "It has made me feel way more comfortable sitting in a board room with my business suit on."